A three-year-old child from the United Kingdom was seriously injured last Thursday after falling into a zoo’s crocodile enclosure. The boy was rushed to a hospital in Cambridge with serious injuries. According to police, he is in critical but stable condition.
The protests in Albania have been going on for more than twenty days. Angry demonstrators have taken to the streets carrying signs featuring flamingos to oppose plans for a so-called Trump resort, but the underlying discontent extends beyond this single project. The planned luxury resorts by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, the U.S. president’s daughter and son-in-law, are set to be built in a protected nature reserve known as a habitat for flamingos. The European Union is also viewing the plans with concern: according to Brussels, proceeding with construction could affect Albania’s chances of joining the EU.
Starting on Sunday afternoon, 35 French departments will be under a red heat alert. The French weather service Météo-France expects Monday to possibly see the highest temperature ever recorded in France.
Whaling returns to Iceland following a two year hiatus.
A “heat dome” is currently making nearly all of Western Europe sweat. And it’s also exceptionally hot in the Netherlands.
Moscow was dealing with a dark, ominous sky in the early morning hours.
Temperatures are set to soar in the coming days, and recent figures released by the United Nations last week demonstrate that heat waves can have serious consequences.
In the fight against mass tourism and to protect the ecosystem, a coastal town on the Italian island of Sardinia has enacted a unique measure: on certain beaches, beach umbrellas are banned for people between the ages of 10 and 65.
The likelihood that the world will face a rare and powerful "super El Niño" in the coming months is growing. This is a natural phenomenon in which the surface waters of the tropical Pacific Ocean warm significantly.
They don't slide down a pole or wear a firefighter's uniform, but in Spain, a group of donkeys have officially joined the ranks of the local fire department.